Martina Welkhoff
Founding Partner @ WXR Fund
Seattle, United States
Martina Welkhoff is a serial entrepreneur and investor with growth and acquisition experience. She’s a Founding Partner at the WXR Fund, a venture fund focused on women-led AR/VR companies, and a Venture Partner at Jump Canon, a San Francisco fund focused on underrepresented founders in emerging tech. She is a board member of Seattle Angel andadvisor to the Center for Leadership and Strategic Thinking at the University of Washington, and for over five years was the President of Seattle Women in Tech. Martina is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Council, and an alumna of the Schusterman Foundation REALITY program.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
Last updated:
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Industries Martina Welkhoff invests in
Stages Martina Welkhoff invests in
Countries Martina Welkhoff invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Fashion 1 (25%)
- Shopping 1 (25%)
- E-Commerce 1 (25%)
- Health Care 1 (25%)
- Virtual Reality 1 (25%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (50%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (50%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Wavely Diagnostics is pioneering the future of remote digital diagnostics and enabling telehealth growth by leveraging smartphone technology to address pediatric care. | $2.2M / Pre-Seed / Feb 08, 2022 | ||
| Absurd:Joy is a remote collaboration application for flexible working. It aids the gap between existing remote collaboration tools with a human-friendly and expressive environment. | $5.4M / Seed / Aug 24, 2021 | ||
| Obsess is on a mission to reinvent the shopping experience. Today's e-commerce interface is a grid of thumbnails on a flat background that is the same across every channel and brand. Obsess enables brands to transform this interface into an engaging, beautiful, and custom-built experience that is optimized to capture shopper's attention.Immersive experiences enable retailers to build relationships with their shoppers, creating memorable digital touchpoints. By bringing the best of gaming into e-commerce, Obsess enables brands to create fun shopping experiences and appeal to a wider, younger audience while obtaining deep levels of insights into the way their customers shop. We are the market leader with the largest customer base and the most data, having launched 200+ stores with the world's leading brands in retail, beauty, luxury, CPG, and media. | $2.6M / Seed / Oct 27, 2020 | ||
| Absurd:Joy is a remote collaboration application for flexible working. It aids the gap between existing remote collaboration tools with a human-friendly and expressive environment. | $850K / Pre-Seed / Sep 25, 2019 |
Co-Investors
Gaingels
2 deals together
March Capital
2 deals together
Cascade Seed Fund
1 deal together
Crosstimbers Capital Group
1 deal together
Dune Ventures
1 deal together
HealthTech Capital
1 deal together
About WXR Fund
The WXR Fund invests in early stage start-ups with gender diverse teams that are employing VR, AR and AI. The portfolio spans industries including healthcare, enterprise training, remote collaboration, entertainment, education, AEC, retail and e-commerce from pre-seed to series A.
WXR Fund Contacts
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Abby Albright
Co-founder
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Martina Welkhoff
Founding Partner
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Amanda Robson
Founder
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Amy LaMeyer
Managing Partner
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Malia Probst
Cofounder / Startup Scout / Investor
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What does Martina Welkhoff invest in?
Martina Welkhoff invests primarily in Fashion, Shopping and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Martina Welkhoff closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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